Star profile
17 Vulpecula
Hot blue starWhat is 17 Vulpecula
17 Vulpeculae is a hot blue star on the modest outline of the Fox, a quiet constellation between Swan and Arrow. Its B class places it among the blue-white embers of the sky, far hotter and far younger than the Sun. Its light crosses some five hundred years to reach us: it set out when European cartographers still filled the oceans with sea monsters.
Where it is and when to see it
17 Vulpecula lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 62° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 73° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 32° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 66° S.
It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 44 stars of Vulpecula in our catalogue. To find it, start from Anser, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 500 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 17 Vulpecula
- Constellation
- Vulpecula
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.08
- Distance
- 504.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 301.723° · Dec 23.614°
- Catalogue
- HIP 99080 · HD 190993
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Other stars in Vulpecula
Vulpecula has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AnserAlpha Vulpecula4.44
- 23 Vulpecula4.50
- 31 Vulpecula4.56
- 9 Vulpecula5.00
- 32 Vulpecula5.03
- 28 Vulpecula5.06
- 4 Vulpecula5.14
- 22 Vulpecula5.18